SEO and AI search guides for website owners
Dottpace's guides answer the questions website owners ask about Google and AI search — why a site isn't showing up, which AI bots to allow, how to get recommended by ChatGPT — in plain words, with the primary sources linked.
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AI search and AI crawlers
Get recommended by ChatGPTThere's no form to submit. Where ChatGPT's recommendations come from and five steps that help.Updated October 19, 2026Get cited in AI OverviewsGoogle's own requirements, what doesn't matter, the snippet settings that quietly remove you, and how to measure it.Updated October 19, 2026OAI-SearchBot vs GPTBotOpenAI's three bots, what blocking each one changes in ChatGPT, and the exact robots.txt lines.Updated October 19, 2026Robots.txt for AI crawlersEach AI bot by owner and purpose, three ready-made policies, and what robots.txt can't control.Updated October 19, 2026Cloudflare and AI botsCloudflare's AI bot settings, the September 2026 defaults, and how to check from your dashboard and from outside.Updated October 19, 2026Does llms.txt work?What llms.txt is, what Google and the AI companies actually say, and the few cases where it's worth having.Updated October 19, 2026